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Ask a Mexican
Ask a Mexican
Author: Gustavo Arellano
ISBN-13: 9781416540021
ISBN-10: 1416540024
Publication Date: 5/1/2007
Pages: 256
Rating:
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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3 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Hardcover
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3 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Ask a Mexican on
Helpful Score: 2
This book is meant to be taken light-heartedly. It is a humorous book with a "Mexican" author poking fun at his own hertitage. This book is not for people who lack a sense of humor or anyone expecting a thorough analysis of Spanish culture. Read it, laugh, and pass it on!
reviewed Ask a Mexican on + 296 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Gustavo Arellano, born in Anaheim, CA, to a tomato canner and an illegal immigrant, is now a staff writer for the OC Weekly. He also conntributes to the LA Times and NPR's Tell Me More and American Public Media's Weekend America.

Ask a Mexican, based on the column of the same name, explores the cliches of lowriders, busboys, and housekeepers, confronts the bogeymen of racism, xenophobia, and ignorance, and will probably offend you in some interesting way.
Silvercat avatar reviewed Ask a Mexican on
Helpful Score: 1
This was a highly-entertaining book about all matters Mexican, exploring with humor many things I had wondered about myself!